Asynchronous xmlhttp request in react

Question

I am trying to implement asynchronous XMLHttpRequest in react. Here is my attempt:

Answer 1

I'd recommend hooking to the componentDidMount lifecycle event and make your request there. Then, once it has finished, call setState to update the state which will re-render your component. Check out the video here if you need more info:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpM3YK9Uue0